Team Lead - Platform Engineering

About the role:

We are looking for a new team lead for one of the teams within our Infra Platform Group. Your mission in this role is to architect and deliver foundational services that empower the product engineering teams building our e-commerce platform.

Together with your team, you will be tackling challenging engineering problems, working on high-performing and scalable services written in Haskell and Rust, while also providing a high-quality developer experience for the teams that use them via Python.

Your time will be split approximately 50-50 between leadership tasks and hands-on development. In your leadership role, you are a mentor to your team members, unblocking them when they face challenging roadblocks, and you help them grow both their hard and soft skills. As part of your hands-on work, you are contributing to the architecture and the ongoing development and maintenance of our services.

You will initially be managing a team of four experienced Haskell and Rust engineers, and you will be working closely together with the other teams in the group, the engineering manager of the Infra Platform Group, and the stakeholders from other engineering teams that consume our services.

If you don't have direct experience with Haskell, but you have solid experience with Rust or Scala and a willingness to learn Haskell, please submit your application, as we are still happy to consider it!

Your responsibilities:

Your Team Lead tasks will include:

• Organizing the work and managing priorities

• Collaborating with the other team leads in the Infra Platform Group on the long-term roadmap

• Mentoring team members, helping them grow and holding half-yearly performance reviews with them

• Setting up project teams and mentor project leads

• Hiring new team members

• Implementing and improving upon our processes for the team 

• Establishing the team culture and fostering a collaborative environment

Your Development tasks will include:

• Designing, developing and testing new features in our services

• Improving the reliability and robustness of our application

• Working on scalability and performance improvements

• Collaborating with and review PRs of other engineers

• Breaking down big projects into smaller issues

• Writing clear and actionable issues

• Debugging and fixing issues, and teaching team members to do the same

• Working together with our product engineering teams and DevOps team on requirements and issues

Who are you?

You like working in a dynamic team of skilled engineers, discussing technical decisions openly and collaboratively. It is easy for you to break down big issues into smaller tasks and to prioritize work pragmatically.

To set you up for success in this role, we think you'll benefit from having the following skills and experience:

• You have previous experience leading an engineering team, or you are an experienced engineer, excited to start your career as a leader.

• You can give detailed code reviews both from a high-level and a low-level perspective.

• You have the technical depth to help your team members grow and can remove roadblocks for them.

• You have substantial backend development experience, you are experienced with functional programming concepts, and are comfortable working with either Haskell, Scala, or Rust. Experience with Python is a plus.

• You are familiar with relational databases (ideally PostgreSQL), Linux and git.

• You have experience with web development, web technologies, and APIs

• You have strong communication and problem-solving skills

• You are a people-oriented individual who helps others with an open and approachable attitude.

• You value high software engineering standards.

• You are pragmatic and empathic towards your team members and other stakeholders (i.e. colleagues from other departments etc).

• You like helping the team focus on the most important tasks, making sure its priorities and plans align with the rest of the company (we use the OKR framework for this).

Practical requirements:

• EU citizenship or a valid work permit for the Netherlands; you are preferably already living in the Netherlands

• Available for at least 32 hours a week, with two days spent at the Utrecht office

Important note: We understand that studies show women may only apply for roles when they feel they meet 100% of the requirements; therefore, we strongly encourage you to apply even if you don't check every box, as we are looking for passionate individuals with potential and a willingness to grow.

Who are we?

Channable was founded in 2014 in the heart of Utrecht and is a fast-growing B2B SaaS platform that offers a fully integrated way to market your products online. We empower marketers and online businesses to manage, scale, and optimize their marketing. We are now a strong team of 320+ diverse individuals from more than 40+ nationalities.

Joining Channable means you’re looking for a bit more than just a job. Diverse as we are, we all share our love for growth, to help, to take ownership, and create an awesome journey together. Feel free to take a further look at who we are here and on our Instagram or LinkedIn ! Wanna get to know us even more? Give our Culture Playbook a read.

Why Channable?

At Channable, you’ll find a culture that values openness, craftsmanship, and collaboration. We invest in our people and give them the autonomy to drive meaningful change. You'll work on technical challenges that matter, with colleagues who care deeply about the product and each other.

What do we offer?

• Gross annual salary ranging from € 77k-103k, including 8% holiday allowance and based on a 40-hour work week. This salary range reflects our career framework. Your final role level will be determined throughout the recruitment process, based on alignment with this framework.

• Savings for old age: we have a savings scheme for old age, which can accrue up to 5% of your monthly salary, or you can get an additional +2.5% to your monthly base salary.

• Annual L&D budget of €1000 to spend on your professional growth.

• Stock Appreciation Rights: you can profit from Channable’s success.

• Company-wide performance bonus, up to 10% of your annual salary, determined yearly by our founders based on financial planning and targets.

• 26 vacation days + 2 reload days based on 40 hours, with the possibility of buying up to 5 extra vacation days per year.

• Are you going to become a parent? Enjoy 5 weeks of 100% paid partner leave!

• Commuting to our office? Choose between an NS Business Card or a €0.25/km travel allowance for alternative transport. 

• Work from our office in central Utrecht at least 2 days a week, and from home for the rest (we'll provide the gear and a budget for extra supplies). Plus, enjoy flexible working hours with a morning start window between 8:00 AM and 10:00 AM. 

• We offer a 3-week-long workcation; and an additional 3 weeks if you live as an expat in the Netherlands!

• Your well-being matters: we offer a discounted Urban Sports Club subscription and anonymous access to OpenUp psychologists and resources.

• Fresh daily lunch: enjoy fresh meals prepared Monday to Thursday by our in-house Chef (fully catering to vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free diets). On Fridays, we switch it up by ordering in tasty sandwiches and salads.

• Additional working conditions include massages, even personal training sessions at our Channagym, video games, an in-office bar, and many more!

• & connect with your global colleagues at our annual team gathering in Utrecht, and pack your bags for Channaweekend, our annual company-wide getaway. 
  

How can you introduce yourself to us?
Are you interested? To ensure your application reaches the right team quickly, please submit it in English directly through our careers page by clicking the “Apply” button. Applications submitted via email won’t be considered.
If it's a match, Ioana (Tech Talent Acquisition Partner) will get in touch with you for an introductory call. After that, you'll be invited for interviews. We look forward to hearing from you as soon as possible!

Contact by job agencies and recruiters will not be appreciated. Each recruiter or headhunter who approaches us agrees with a donation of €250 for Make-A-Wish.

At Channable, we strive to create and foster an environment of belonging and collaboration and we believe in diverse and inclusive teams.